Lamp-burner support



(No Model.)

' J. F. WHITE.

EAMP BURNER SUPPORT.

' No. 364,789. Patented June 14, 1887.

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JOSEPH F. WVHITE, OF BRATTLEBOROUGH, VERMONT.

LAMP-BURNER SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,789, dated June 14, 1887, V Application filed February 14, 1887. Serial No. 927,561. (No model.) I

- reservoir or fount with which it is used.

' approximately choke up the opening or mouth In the absence of a support for a lampburner during the filling of the lamp, it is usual either to remove the burner and the wick entirely from the reservoir, or else to hold the burner in one hand and an oil-can in the other. The removal of the burner and wick is very apt to cause the soiling of some article by the dripping of the oil from the wick or by the contact of the wick or burner with it. If the burner and wick are not removed, but the burner is simply detached and held in one hand, the filling of the reservoir, by means of an oil-can held in the other hand, will be quite a difficult task, especially if the oil-can employed should be quite full and consequently heavy. If the burner should be turned over so as to rest upon the reservoir, the wick will of the reservoir and entail the danger of the oil bubbling over, and unless the wick is of a considerable length the burner is almost certain to fall off the reservoir, and if it does so is certain to soil that upon which it shall drop.

My improvement is intended to obviate the difficulties just set forth.

It consists of a plate made of concavo-convex form and provided with clips or legs preferably made of a single piece of wire and secured thereto, whereby it may be secured to the collar of the reservoir after the detachment of the burner therefrom, and when secured serves to support the burner. This plate will preferably extend over the opening in the 1amp-collar and be inclined toward the inner end. Then it will conduct any oil which may drop upon it back into the reservoir.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a lamp, a burner, and a burnersupport which embodies my improvement. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the collar 'of the lamp-reservoir and the burner-support ap- Fig. 3

plied thereto. burnersupport. burnersupport.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the oil reservoir or fountof an ordinary kerosene-lamp. Y

B designates a kerosene-0il burner of ordinary form. This burnerhasascrew-threaded boss, I), which is adapted to engage with an internally screw-threaded collar,a ,with which the mouth or opening of the oil-reservoir A is provided. The burner is shown-as aflat-wick burner.

G designates the wick of the burner.

Before entering into a detailed description of the burner-support which embodies my improvement, I would remark that it is not limited to any particular kind of reservoir or burner,.or especially to a kerosene-oil lamp.

D designates a plate, preferably made of sheet metal and provided with clips or legs (1' (P; The plate D is made of concavo-convex form transversely, or, in other words, it is gutter shaped. The clipsor legs (Z d are arranged near its end which is intended to beadjacent to the collar of the reservoir. The clips or legs are shown as made of a single piece of wire secured by solder or otherwise to the under side of the plate. The clip or leg (1 is adapted to enter the collar of the reservoir, and the clip or leg d is adapted to bear against the exterior of the collar. The clip or leg (I has quite an extensive bearing upon the collar, so as to prevent oscillation or rocking ofouter end and projecting over the opening of the collar.

To employ my burner-support it is only nec essary, after the detachment of the burner, to engage the clips or legs of the support with the collar, as above explained, and then to rest the burner upon the plate D of the support, as represented in Fig. 1, or in any other desirable manner. The wick need not be removed. Any oil which may drip from the Fig. 4 is an end View of the burner will be conducted back into the reservoir by reason of the concavo-eonvex form and inclination of the plate D of the support. \Vhile the burner isthus supported oil may be with facility introduced into the reservoir.

The manner of removing the support is obvious, as it will be only necessary to lift it out of its place.

XVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A burner-support consisting ofa concaveconvex plate and clips orlegs secured thereto, said plate, when in place, extending over the opening in the lamp and being inclined toward the inner end substantially as specified.

2. A burner-support consisting of a coneavoconvex plate provided with clips or legs made of a single piece of wire, said plate, when in place, extending over the opening in the lamp and being inclined toward the inner end, sub- 20 stantially as specified.

JOSEPH F. WHITE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. NEWTON,

H. P. \VYMAN. 

